servlet-listeners

In my JSF application, I need to redirect the user from Page A to page B if a session attribute such as userRole has a value of "contributor", and to a page C, for example, if it is "author". I'm told that I have to implement a page listener, or a session listener perhaps. Although I understand writing a listener class is quite straightforward and standard, I don't know how to set it up on the JSF page itself (to listen to the session). Anybody? BalusC A session listener ( HttpSessionListener ) is unsuitable since it doesn't have a reference to the current HTTP request/response, which are

For a Java EE web application, I have a listener that implements ServletRequestListener, and a Filter. Is there a way to specify at web.xml that the filter should be called before the listener? I've already tried declaring the filter and its mapping before the listener, but the listener is still executed before. Any idea? <filter> <filter-name>myfilter</filter-name> <filter-class>com.example.MyFilter</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>myfilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> <listener> <listener-class>com.example.MyServletRequestListener <

I implement a custom ServletContextListener and place the breakpoints on both the contextInitialized() and contextDestroyed() . When starting the web application using WTP , contextInitialized() can be stopped by the debugger. But when I shut down the web application , the breakpoints in the contextDestroyed() do not work and the web application just shutdown . Is it possible and how to use debugger to debug contextDestroyed() in eclipse ? I want to check if the resource used can be released properly during the shut-down of the web application. The contextDestroyed() will only be called when